Sites and References for
"A look at Internet Filtering Technologies"

last update: March 2003

Internet Filtering Software Sites

Bess (vendor site) http://www.n2h2.com

C|net (product reviews) http://www.cnet.com/content/reviews/compare/safesurf/ss03.html (no longer available)

Cyber Patrol (vendor site) http://www.cyberpatrol.com

CYBERsitter (vendor site) http://www.cybersitter.com/

Internet Filter (vendor site) http://www.turnercom.com/ifdir.html (no longer available)

Internet filtering, blocking & monitoring software (resource site) http://gilligan.esu7.k12.ne.us/~esu7web/resources/block.html (no longer available)

Library Safe (vendor site) http://www.librarysafe.com (no longer available)

Net Nanny (vendor site) http://www.netnanny.com

Net Shepherd Inc. (vendor site) http://www.netshepherd.com (no longer offer filtering services or software)

SurfWatch (vendor site) http://www.surfwatch.com (now owned by Cyber Patrol - see above)

Informational Sites

American Library Association. (1997, July). "Statement on Library use of Filtering Software." Online. Available: http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/filt_stm.html [1998, February 22]

Burke, David. (1997, July)."Why Libraries Should Filter." Filtering Facts. Online. Available: http://www.filteringfacts.org/whyfilt.htm [1997, October 16]. (no longer available)

Early, David E. (1997, October 12) "What’s Out There." The Information Age. Mercury Center: San Jose Mercury News. Online. Available: http://www.sjmercury.com/west/netsmut.htm [1997, October 16]. (no longer available)

Guilford County Schools. (1996, October) "Acceptable Use of Electronic Transmission Capabilities." Online. Available: http://cobbler.weaver.guilford.k12.nc.us/aup.html [1997, October 7]. (no longer available)

Guilford County Schools. (1996, October) "Internet and WWW Acceptable Use Policy." Online. Available: http://cobbler.weaver.guilford.k12.nc.us/ (no longer available)

Noack, David. (1997, August 23). "Ratings Proposed for Web Sites." Editor & Publisher. Vol. 130. [CD-ROM]. EBSCO Online. Item No. 9709086427 [1997, October 16].

Schneider, Karen. "Learning From The Internet Filter Assessment Project." The Internet Filtering Assessment Project. (1997, Sept 13). Online. Available: http://www.bluehighways.com/tifap/learn.html [1997, October 16].

"TIFAP: The Internet Filter Assessment Project : Preliminary Report, Phase 2." (1997, June 26) Online. Available: http://www.bluehighways.com/tifap/test1.html [1997, October 16]. (no longer available)

Valenza, Joyce Kasman. (1996) "Least Filtering best for Internet." Philadelphia Online’s School Crossings. Online. Available: http://crossings.phillynews.com/archive/SKUL10.htm [1997, October 8]. (no longer available)

Warris, Ron. (1997, November 4). "What is Internet Content Filtering?" Online. Available: http://www.netshepherd.com/News&Media/dc_summit_speech.htm [1998, February 4]. (no longer available)